Spring Cleaning

Bill can't stand to sit in the house with nothing to do on his days off. I, on the other hand, have no problems doing nothing with my days off. Anyway, on the days I have kids and Bill is off there really isn't much he can do in the house except sit around. So, instead of going crazy with me and the four kids today, he decided to get outside and do some work. Next thing you know, he's completely emptied the shed to reorganize it. He's done this several times with other things in storage (my things) when he's off and it drives me nuts, so I was thrilled when he decided to occupy his time with his shed. Although it didn't feel like spring around here today, he definitely did his share of spring cleaning.

Do you think my husband has enough gas cans?? There are two more out of frame on the porch.


All cleaned out and ready to be swept.

The Price of Playing Ball

Bill has been playing basketball on Wednesday nights for a couple of years now without much incident. It's just a group of guys playing for fun at a school gym where one player is principal. This last week his luck ran out and he ended up with a terrible sprain in his left ankle. He's been hobbling around pretty pathetically for a couple of days, but is doing better with an ankle ace wrap (thanks Mom). Here are some pics of the injury...


The night of...I know it looks like his ankle is broken and hanging off and some horrendous angle, but it really is just sprained.

After compression, he turned seriously black and blue...it looks AWFUL, HORRIBLE!

Side-by-side comparison

Hopefully he will be walking normally soon. Even with this, he went ahead with his plans to take the girls to McAlester by himself while I stayed home and hung with my mom and sisters. What a trooper!